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vr.tr.conflict · thing-q180684

Let an agent describe conflicts neutrally by parties, issues, intensity, status and sources, and avoid taking sides or spreading unverified claims.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Parties and issues Who and over what.

Parties

Actors involved.

Parties

The parties.

  1. Who are the parties to the conflict? provenance
  2. How does each describe its position? provenance

Issues

What is disputed.

Issues

Issues in dispute.

  1. What is disputed? definition
  2. What are the underlying causes, according to which sources? provenance
Status Where it stands.

Intensity

Level of conflict.

Intensity

Intensity and trend.

  1. How intense is the conflict now, according to which data? measurement
  2. Is it escalating or de-escalating? measurement

Agreements

Ceasefires and deals.

Agreements

Agreements in force.

  1. Which agreements or ceasefires are in force? provenance
  2. Are they being respected? boundary
Impact On people.

Humanitarian

Casualties and displacement.

Impact

Humanitarian data.

  1. What is the humanitarian impact, according to reliable sources? measurement
  2. How uncertain are the figures? measurement

Law

Violations.

Legal issues

Alleged violations.

  1. Which violations are alleged, and by whom? provenance
  2. Which bodies investigate? provenance
Reporting Neutral and safe.

Neutrality

Balanced language.

Neutrality

Fair description.

  1. Is the description neutral and attributed? boundary
  2. Are contested names noted? action

Safety

Protecting people.

Safety

Information that could harm.

  1. Could this information endanger people? boundary
  2. What should be withheld? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
territorial disputes of Japan, Kaman H-2 Seasprite, Kaman HH-2D Seasprite, Kaman SH-2 Seasprite, UH-2 Seasprite, Administrative disputes in mainland China, civil conflict, mainland China court decision, Administrative Litigation (mainland China), women's suffrage movement, Administrative court cases in mainland China, country in World War I

What it is Filled

A serious disagreement or struggle between people, groups or states over interests, values, resources or territory, ranging from disputes to armed conflict.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe conflicts neutrally by parties, issues, intensity, status and sources, and avoid taking sides or spreading unverified claims.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Opposing parties and incompatible goals
  • Intensity ranges from dispute to war
  • Armed conflict is governed by international humanitarian law
  • Territorial and administrative disputes are forms of conflict

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Take sides by presenting one party's claims as fact without sourcing.
  • Spread propaganda, incitement or dehumanising language about any party.
  • Assist in planning or carrying out violence against people.
  • Disclose the identities or locations of people at risk in a conflict.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing casualty claims or accusations of atrocities.

May

  • Describe a conflict's parties, causes and course from multiple cited sources, including each side's account.
  • Support mediation by summarising positions accurately.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Conflict information can save or cost lives; misinformation fuels violence.
  • Civilians suffer most in armed conflict.

Who is affected

  • Civilians
  • Parties to the conflict
  • Displaced people

Owners Filled

Steward

The parties to it; in armed conflict, states and armed groups answer under international law.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q839578 - registry parent class
  • Q86923152 - registry parent class

related

  • person, organization, government - parties
  • mediation and negotiation - resolution
  • law - including humanitarian law
  • consequence - effects

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.conflict
  • Wikidata: Q180684 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180684)
  • UCDP conflict id: numeric Uppsala Conflict Data Program

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Named parties and issues
  • Conflict datasets and maps of contested areas
  • Unrelated aliases such as aircraft names are data errors
  • Varies from negotiations and protests to violence; territorial disputes appear on maps as contested areas.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • analyse its causes and parties
  • mediate and resolve it
  • report on it, with verified sources
  • track its status and humanitarian impact

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Partisan framing
  • Spreading unverified claims or propaganda
  • Endangering people by revealing locations
  • Out-of-date status

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • UN Charter
  • Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law
  • Workplace dispute resolution rules

Context of use required Filled

  • Understanding and resolving disputes; conflict is a subject of mediation, law, history and research.
  • interpersonal and workplace conflict
  • social and political conflict
  • territorial disputes
  • armed conflict: international and non-international

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q180684: conflict - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Conflict (process) - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should conflicts be instances with dataset ids?
  • How should disputed names and territories be handled neutrally?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as helicopter names; should they be removed?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q180684/spec.json